Up to today I have seen several Windows 10 computers which freeze randomly, without obvious reason(s) and with different symptoms: for example in some Windows 10 computers when the system becomes unresponsive (the user cannot do anything on the computer), the only method to get Windows 10 back and working is to continuously press the Power button to completely shutdown the system. In other cases Windows 10 freeze (hang) for a while and then the system crashes, displays a BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) error or restarts automatically.

The Windows 10 freezing issues, has been observed even in newly installed PCs or in PCs which were upgraded from a previous version of Windows (e.g. Windows 7 or Windows 8, 8.1) in which versions they worked without problems.

In this troubleshooting guide you can find several solutions to fix freezing and BSOD issues on a Windows 10 computer.

How to resolve Windows 10 Freezing & BSOD issues.

Note: After applying a solution, try to work at your PC and see if it freezes, before you apply the next solution.

4. At the right pane double click to open the MSISupported key and set the value data from "1" to "0" (Zero).

5. Click OK and close registry editor.

6. Restart your computer. *

* Note: If you have more than one AHCI controllers, then repeat the above steps and disable the MSI mode to all of them.

Solution 5. Run the System Maintenance task.

Run the System Maintenance troubleshooter to automatically fix system's problems.

1. From Control Panel open Troubleshooting.

2. Click on View all.

3. Double click at System Maintenance.

4. Press Next and then follow the onscreen prompts to run the System Maintenance troubleshooter.

Solution 6. Uninstall Graphic Adapter's drivers.

1. Uninstall the installed Video drivers and restart your computer.

2. After the restart, let Windows to search and find the appropriate driver for your graphic card and then reboot the computer.

3. If the problem persists, uninstall the currently installed display drivers and then download and install a previous driver version for your display adapter. Detailed steps on how you can do that you can find here.

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my problem started from the time I upgraded from 8.1 to 10. The solution was to use another desktop and leave this all-in-one just for mail. Now I need it for programming and the problem persist. I determined that I have the problem described in Solution 4. (Disable the MSI mode in StorAHCI Controller.) I went though all the steps but no luck!!!
I will try now all the other steps but I am really frustrated with LENOVO and MICROSOFT.
Thank anyhow for this suggestions

Great post. I actually followed and did everything as Windows 10 froze like hell. I even contacted Microsoft and they remotely checked my PC and said that I may have a faulty RAM stick on my laptop. Considering that I am broke at the moment, I decided to give Ubuntu 16.04 a try.

I installed it alongside Windows 10 and after using it for a week, I found no issues whatsoever. I played games, watched videos, did everything I used to do on Windows.

This morning, I booted to windows 10 and it froze..Again!. I finally found a solution to this issue.

I just reset my PC back to windows 7. It works. No freezes. Gets the job done. I honestly prefer windows 10 over windows 7 or Ubuntu but I have no choice. I cannot afford to spend more time on this sh*t especially wince I am out looking for a job. So congrats M$, you screwed me back to Windows 7.